Think Wall Street… but underground! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Scientists are discovering that microbes and plants may be running tiny nutrient markets beneath our feet. Listen closely. Gijsbert Werner and team from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam discovered that microbes and plants actually TRADE nutrients.
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Let’s break wind – for science! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Intimate question: How many times do you fart a day? Santiago Botasini and team at the University of Maryland are sniffing out the facts. For a month, they had volunteers wear SMART underwear
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Do sharks have friends? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Since sharks live DEEP under the ocean, we aren’t sure! Enter Natasha Marosi and team from the University of Exeter. They performed nearly five-HUNDRED dives in Fiji to observe about two-hundred bull sharks. They tracked social
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Endangered… twinsies?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We only know a SMALL fraction of Earth’s species. This is partly due to cryptic species, organisms that look identical, but are genetically different! Are we overlooking vulnerable creatures, hiding in plain sight? Enter Takema Saitoh and
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Who says pilates is just an excuse for brunch? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Stressed? Exercise. Sluggish? Exercise. Struggling to overcome drug withdrawal symptoms? Ex…er…cise…? For some, running and yoga have increased rehabilitation outcomes. Feng Ji and team from Soochow University questioned if PILATES
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Hmm… Do I detect notes of… WASTEWATER?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Picture a bustling winery after harvest… grapes crushed, wine flowing… and wastewater piling up! Every liter of wine produces FOUR liters of toxic wastewater. YUCK! And cleaning it up can be costly
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Is the cure for depression in the “manosphere?” This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Some people will try anything EXCEPT mental health treatment. But it’s not necessarily their fault! Like those with treatment-resistant depression also known as TRD. Trevonn Gyles from the Icahn School of
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Who’s that crunch-crunching on my leaves??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Can plants sense danger before insects cause serious damage? Taylor Paret (TAY-ler puh-RET) and team at the University of Houston studied Arabidopsis thaliana (air-uh-DOP-sis thuh-lee-AY-nuh), a tiny mustard plant. They played recordings of
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Is there a signal for selflessness? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Brain scans might have the answer. Enter Jie Hu and team from the University of Zurich. They gave a study group a moral quandary. Two parties were given unequal amounts of money, and
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Diet soda is just as healthy as water… right? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We love soda, just not the sugar. Enter diet soda – a sugar-free option! But type two diabetes guidelines still recommend water. Does it actually matter? Andrew Odegaard and team
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